Re: Quoting of psql \d output - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Quoting of psql \d output
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Msg-id 3053.62.158.111.153.1072199084.squirrel@new.host.name
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In response to Re: Quoting of psql \d output  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian writes:
> But it isn't a message:
>
>            Table "public.xx"
>      Column |  Type   | Modifiers
>     --------+---------+-----------
>      y      | integer |
>     Indexes:
>         "ii" btree (y)

By definition, everything that is printed out for human consumption is a
message.

Everything that is printed out for consumption by an SQL parser (e.g., in
pg_dump) is encouraged to use SQL quoting rules.  But everything that is
intended to be read by humans should use quoting rules that are common in
real-life publishing.




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